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Miigwanaabiikwe Jessica Shonias is caribou clan from Rama First Nation and Atikameksheng Anishnawbek. Her and her husband Beedaban have three boys together whom they speak the language to at home in Rama. She is a cofounder of Eshki-Nishnaabemjig Immersion Academy, as well as a producer and cohost of the Language Podcast. She holds a Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance, a B.Ed. as well as ECE. Jessica has taught both in and out of immersion, to both primary and secondary grades, as well as adult learners of varying levels. She was a successful attendee of Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminanng (OOG) immersion academy in Fond du Lac, Minnesota, which informs her practice as well as her experience in immersion settings.






Disclosure: Germany does not have the highest amount of listener downloads. It is currently the third country with the highest amount of listeners, particularly from one city. First and second "countries" with the highest amount of listeners are from Turtle Island. (Canada & the US)

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Join us as we sit with Dr. Michael Migizi Sullivan Sr, an incredible father and second language learner of Ojibwemowin. He's the Faculty Director of Native American Studies at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College. He earned his PhD in linguistics from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Migizi has helped both Ozaawaa and I during our language journeys with our time at Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang immersion academy and beyond. We are honoured that he shares his outlook on Ojibwemowin, how he has taught in various capacities, raised children in Ojibwemowin and inspired many more with his gifts of the language. 

Migizi's newest book of recorded and transcribed stories from Larry Amik Smallwood, titled 'Plums or nuts: Ojibwe stories of Anishinaabe humor,' can be purchased here:
https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/plums-or-nuts?_pos=1&_sid=4d03b822a&_ss=r

And the recordings of the stories from the book can be found at the Ojibwe People's Dictionary's webpage: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/

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In this episode we touch on times that we have laughed while learning, times we have learned a lot and why, and times we felt rewarded in the home teaching our children the language.  PSA: If you do not wish to listen to us speaking Anishinaabemowin skip to 13 min

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Boozhoo! Hello!

An introduction to our family. Ozaawaa Giizhigo Ginew & Mshkogaabwid Kwe speak in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) and English to explain our families journey as we raise our children in Anishinaabemowin as Second Language Learners. Get to know us as we share times we have spent learning the language we which found enjoyable and fun in this episode! Join us on our journey as we discuss resources, tips, advice, stories, triumphs, dissapointments, realities, laughs and guests as we walk on this road to Anishinaabemowin fluency. 

Chi-Miigwech! Thank you so much!

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What is Anishinaabemowin? 

The 'Ojibway' language, known as Anishinaabemowin (ah-nish-in-nah-bay-mo-win) is the language of the Anishinaabeg. The original peoples of Turtle Island (otherwise known as North America) The language is currently at risk of being lost due to colonization but with the efforts of elders/speakers, ancestors, spirit and community we hope to revitalize it and give it back to our children. This is our families dedication and story of how we will try and manifest this in our lifetime. 

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We are very excited to share this episode with you as we speak with Kahawani, also known as Mary Antone, from the Oneida Nation People of the Standing Stone. Kahawani, another second language learner, speaks with us as she is raising her daughter in the Oneida language. Join us as we share our similar experiences and insight to Kahawani despite our different target languages.

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We welcome Nishinaabemwin Bemwidood - Falcon McLeod-Shabogesic an Anishinaabe from Nipissing First Nation to Enweying. We're excited to share his stories of his second language learning experiences, educational pathways he's paved as an Nishinaabemwin educator to embedding language into the sinews of daily life as a parent passing down his heritage language. 


https://www.youtube.com/@falconmcleod-shabogesic790

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This episodes topic mostly cover what we’ve been up to since the last seasons releases. We experienced a global pandemic which changed many things in our day to day life. Our children are older and the family has grown together through the natural changes of life as we navigated the Covid era. This episode covers updates with the transitions of life and how Mshkogaabwid overcame a period of time where speaking was too painful, and the way she found her way back to trying to only speaking Anishinaabemowin in the home as well as other success and challenges that were embraced. We hope you enjoy the updates.

#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #LanguageBack 

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In this final episode of Season 1, of “Enweying - Our Sound” we reflect on our families’ journey since creating the podcast the feedback we have received since creating it and the emotions brought on with this podcast moving across Turtle Island through this “big spiders web.” We share some moments we are grateful for as we created this podcast and how it has helped us for the better moving forward as a family in our Anishinaabemowin Immersion household journey.

In saying this, by episode 6 we feel we finally have the audio down pat BUT in doing so LISTEN AT YOUR OWN WILL because Mshkogaabwid Kwe’s LAUGH will blow your eardrums out/may break speakers. We caution you at: 5:45, 12:30, 18:40, 21:38, 37:40, 50:40 minute marks.

PSA: If you do not wish to listen to us speak Anishinaabemowin, skip to 6 minutes.

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This episode we opened up a bit more about our past and our family dynamics. We discuss what it was that drove us to have this life, how our families felt about it, barriers we face connecting with Anishinaabemowin First Speakers, and being noticed within community while speaking. We cover sharing our journeys with our families, how we maintain immersion in an English world, tips and stories, and who has impacted us along the way. A lot of laughs and cries in this episode. Grab a tissue if you’re passionate!

PSA: If you do not wish to listen to us speak Anishinaabemowin, skip to 7 minutes 50 sec.

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